Nigeria, Sept. 17 -- The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have traded words over an allegation of wasteful spending against the state government under Governor Simon Lalong.

Major stakeholders in the state had in 2018 criticised Mr Lalong for seeking a N1bn loan to complete a stadium in the state capital, Jos.

Although the Plateau State House of Assembly eventually approved the request to take the N1 billion loan from Fidelity Bank Plc, the minority leader, Daniel Dem, had expressed concern over the increasing debt profile of the state, noting that N200 million was appropriated for the completion of the stadium in the 2018 budget.

"If the government is sincere about this, it should have incl...